[url=http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/21777530/]Tree in Anne Frank’s diary to be cut downNow-diseased chestnut comforted girl while she hid from Nazis in WWII[/url]

AMSTERDAM, Netherlands - The chestnut tree that comforted Anne Frank while she hid from the Nazis during World War II will be cut down Nov. 21 because it is too diseased to be saved, the city said Tuesday.

The 150-year-old chestnut, familiar to the many readers of “The Diary of Anne Frank,” suffers from fungus and moths that have caused more than half its trunk to rot.

The good news is that grafts have been taken and a sapling will be planted in its place.

_________________

"Behind every great fortune lies a great crime."Honore de Balzac

"Democrats work to help people who need help. That other party, they work for people who don't need help. That's all there is to it."~Harry S. Truman